Welcome to the first E-News bulletin from the Diocese of London. We aim to publish every few weeks to keep our members and friends in touch with developments in the Church of England in our part of the capital.
In 'The Cross and the Bomb', the Bishop of London reflects on religious conflict in the context of Jesus' Passion on the Cross. The programme comes from St Ethelburga's, the medieval city church nearly destroyed by the Bishopsgate bomb in 1993 and rebuilt as an innovative centre for Reconciliation and Peace.
The BBC has just announced its religious broadcasting for Easter
St John's, Hillingdon has begun a new style of Sunday service so that worshippers can drop in and leave when they need to and it's proving popular.
Fifteen prominent contributors from Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss to Ian Hislop talk to Caroline Chartres, wife of the Bishop of London, in this newly published book.
Did you know that the London Diocese has chaplains in almost 50 hospitals, three hospices, 25 higher education institutions, five
prisons, as well as the forces, the police, the deaf and deaf blind community, city law firms, Canary Wharf and many other places?
More than sixty, extraordinary contemporary icons from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia & Montenegro are on show at All Hallows by the Tower at the personal request of the Bishop of London. The exhibition runs until 19 May and entrance is free
The Friends of the City Churches are once again holding their annual open days, this year on Saturday 6 May and Tuesday 11 July. These are rare opportunties for visitors to tour some of the City's hidden gems.
Some media reports would have us believe that the Church has little influence on our society yet church members undertake huge amounts of voluntary work, one in four primary schools are Church of England schools and more than 1.7 million people take part in one of our services every month, a level that has been maintained since the turn of the millennium.
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